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The instructional day is very hectic and many times it is difficult for busy teachers to stay on the cutting edge of web technology available for them to use in the classroom. Below you will find that latest in web tools and web sites to assist you in engaging your students and facilitating learning. I hope that you will visit often to check out my Site of the Week and browse through the latest and greatest available out of the Internet. click the links below to find the type of resource in which you are interested in. And, if you know of a great site, please email me!
Graphic Organizers/Concept Mapping
Google Apps
Site of the Week
Discovery Education/United Streaming
An oldie but goodie that I want to remind you about... Discovery Education.
Discovery Education streaming is a valuable digital resource that integrates seamlessly into your current curriculum. In addition to over 5,000 full-length videos, we will have access to audio files,images, teacher sources and professional development opportunities!
If you have not yet created an account, please email me for our school passcode.
VITAL NEW YORK
VITAL NEW YORK is a free online library of digital multimedia resources for the K-12 classroom presented by Thirteen/WNET. Featuring dynamic public television video and interactive content, this growing collection is fully aligned to the New York State Learning Standards. VITAL NY brings the world into the classroom by providing real-life applications of concepts that enga
ge students and stimulate discussion and learning.
NYS Educators: Access VITAL NY at http://vital.thirteen.org (First visit requires simple, free self-registration.)
National Science Digital Library
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
Educators need efficient and reliable methods to discover and use science and math materials that will help them meet the demands of instruction, assessment, and professional development in an increasingly complex technology-based world. Find audio, data, images, interactive resources, texts and videos searchable by subject and grade level.
or go directly to the Middle School Portal at http://msteacher.org/
Europeana
Europeana.eu is about ideas and inspiration. It links you to 2 million digital items including:
Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects
Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers
Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts
Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts
Some of these are world famous, others are hidden treasures from Europe's museums and galleries,
archives,
libraries and
audio-visual collections.
PBS NOVA Online
25 NOVA videos now available online. Now, full-length programs (1-3 hours, divided into chapters) are available free. Besides full-length programs, there are short (5-15 minute) news magazine type pieces, and 2-4 minute program previews.
CNN Video
Watch the latest breaking news, politics, entertainment and offbeat videos everyone is talking about at CNN.com. Also features audio and video podcasts and CNN Radio. Get informed now!
The Archaeology Channel
Explore the human cultural heritage through streaming media. Travel through time and feel the thrill of discovery. Examine the wonderful diversity of the human experience!
National Geographic Video
National Geographic Video is the section of the National Geographic website devoted to online videos about animals, people and places, the environment and more. National Geographic Video features short educational movies about everything from sharks to Guinness World Record Holders.
Videos on the National Geographic page play in a four-by-four inch screen in a pop-up window and are of fairly good quality. Videos on the National Geographic Channel Video page play on three-by-three inch screens and are of very good quality. The search function in the Channel Archives lets you easily find videos on specific topics. This is very useful, as there are more than 750 videos on the site!
Annenberg Media
Annenberg Media is an educational resource website with hundreds of educational videos and a satellite TV channel you can view online. There are hundreds of educational videos for teachers and students on dozens of topics ranging from ethics and economics to languages and literature and everything in between.
Videos are free, though first time users need to sign up. Just provide your name and email, as well as some basic information about your location and occupation, and you can access all their online videos.
Election.tv
Election.tv is a nonpartisan site aimed at educating viewers about politics in general and political campaigns in particular. The site's lofty goal is to provide information and video for every federal, state and local election in the U.S. Videos include campaign ads produced by the candidates themselves, daily political news from Election.tv and amateur video of campaign speeches.
If you create an account with Election.tv you can track particular candidates and stay informed about breaking political news. There are lLists of the Top 10 and Top 50 videos make it easy to see what's most popular on the site.
The site's search feature lets you find candidate videos by name, location or party.
Teacher Tube
An educational alternative to You Tube, Teacher Tube has thousands of videos that are categorized into sub topics for easy reference. Elementary, secondary, university and teacher tutorials are a few of the channels available. Content is generated by users, but they must adhere to educational topics. As well, they are vigilant in keeping the site safe from inappropriate videos. At first glance the site is overwhelming, however the search box will narrow down the amount of videos to view on a topic.
Teacher Tube is a great resource for finding lesson ideas and ways to use some of the videos for a lesson. However, it is also a great avenue for teachers to create their own tutorials for their students. Teachers can create mini-clips that are put on Teacher Tube for students to watch at their own pace. A teacher can make a video on the steps involved to create a book report or to illustrate different science projects. Concepts that can be taught in a video are endless.
Smithsonian Channel: Short (less than 5 minutes each) but high quality videos from the Smithsonian Channel on a wide variety of topics.
History Channel Videos: Huge variety of videos from the History Channel including many full-length episodes of popular shows.
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